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John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of… (lemmy.world)

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Full title: John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of condemned Nazis.

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[–] Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Here is the thing, you really need to know how to do THAT.. otherwise they'll die of shock or something else.

The main issue i have with getting conned by a wrong hangman is that its just so unprofessional

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Exactly. This is why Ron Desantis has the perfect background for the job.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago

Yeah fair, and then there's the matter of how that person knows how to do that and you potentially have a bigger problem on your hands.

Oh well, a man can nightmare.